As a senior case coordinator at Democracy Docket, Rachel tracks and reports on a wide range of voting rights and election-related litigation. Originally from Connecticut, Rachel graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, where she participated in her university’s voter registration organization and served as a poll worker. In her free time, Rachel enjoys long-distance running and exploring local landmarks and museums.
The North Carolina Supreme Court denied the state board of elections’ petition to bypass the appeals court level in an ongoing legal bid by GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin to overturn his 2024 election loss.
The North Carolina State Board of Elections filed a bypass petition Monday asking the state Supreme Court to decide an ongoing 2024 election dispute — currently before the state court of appeals — in which GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin is seeking to overturn his loss to incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs.
In a 4-3 ruling, the Wisconsin Supreme Court dismissed a right-wing legal challenge that sought to limit the authority of municipalities to designate early absentee voting locations and prevent future use of a mobile voting van deployed by the city of Racine during the 2022 election cycle.
As a GOP candidate is seeking to overturn his election loss, the future of the North Carolina Supreme Court’s composition — and free and fair elections more broadly — hangs in the balance.
A Wake County Superior Court judge rejected a bid by GOP North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin to overturn his 2024 election loss to incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs by disqualifying over 60,000 lawfully cast ballots.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that a district court correctly sent back to state court a lawsuit from GOP North Carolina Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin contesting his 2024 election loss to incumbent Democratic Justice Allison Riggs.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its appeal of an October 2024 Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision allowing voters to cast provisional ballots on Election Day if their timely received mail-in ballots are disqualified due to a technical mistake.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hold oral argument Tuesday concerning state and national Republicans’ appeal of a decision striking down part of Texas’ 2021 omnibus voter suppression law, Senate Bill 1.
President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) voluntarily dismissed a lawsuit challenging Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) voter purge program that targeted the registrations of naturalized citizens and other eligible voters on the eve of the 2024 general election.
An Alaska judge ruled Friday that the state constitution does not guarantee voters the right to fix errors on their absentee ballots — a process known as “ballot curing” that is offered in some form by at least 33 states.
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